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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] Trail@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why the fuck would anyone buy this. Come on.

[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Because they will have no other option once their existing system dies. In this scenario actual PCs will be something only the wealthy can afford. Everyone else gets dumb terminals.

And honestly, VDI is great from a general user standpoint. It's the companies who run it that make it a bad option.

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

Well, they're also a bad option when the data centers hosting them get bombed

[–] riverdoc@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm far from an expert on these things, but I have a tough time believing that latency won't be a critical issue for many consumer applications.

[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago

With ftth, latency isn't as big of an issue as it used to be.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Because people are fucking idiots.